For the first quarter, I read "One Of Us is Lying" by Karen M. Mcmanus. The book is filled with 379 pages of suspense and surprises. To summarize the book, the main characters are 4 high school students, Bronwyn (the brain), Addy (the beauty), Nate (the criminal), Cooper (the athlete), and Simon (the outcast). They all end up in detention together for having their phones go off in class but they all left their phones in their own lockers so someone must have put those phones in there bags. They just can't figure out who, while in detention a car crash outside happened so the teacher in charge left the room to check on it. All within that time, Simon goes over to pour water into this plastic cup. After drinking the water, he starts to have an allergic reaction (peanuts), everyone in panic tries to find a epi pen but no luck. He then dies, but who poisoned his water?
I really liked this book because it kept me on my toes about who really did it or not. It had a lot of twists and turns but that's what kept me the most engaged. I would recommend this book to people that would want a good book to read. I loved how the author wrote the book, she wrote it based on the characters own perspective of what was going on in their head or what happened to them as an individual after everything. I felt like this helped the book because it was more enjoyable reading it in everyone's perspective rather than just one person's perspective. I would just change one thing about the book and that is to at least have one chapter of Simon's perspective of what went through his head before everything happened. That is it though, the rest of the book was great.
I am all about suspense/thrillers because I find them the most engaging to read. This book review has me want to go out and read this one because it seems like a good murder mystery even though there are the stereotypical characters in this book.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like an interesting book. Maybe after I finish what I'm reading now, I'll have a look at it. I enjoy suspense in the books I read, it brings out the curiosity in me. It'll imply me to keep reading to find out what'll happen.
ReplyDeleteYour description of the book makes it sound very intriguing. I really like suspense books, but usually I'm not one to sit down and read a book for hours. This one, however, has me interested. I also think that writing from multiple perspectives can make or break a book. Sometimes it's a bit confusing, but from your analysis, it seems like it's not. I'm hoping the book is just as good as your summary is.
ReplyDeleteThis book seems very interesting. It kinda seems like a detective book which are often difficult to put down. Your summary was good so that it'll get people to go and read it. It had enough information to get people intrigued but not enough to give it all away.
ReplyDeleteThis book seems super interesting! I usually find suspense in books pretty intriguing, but I feel that these books often have a slow start. It's hard for me to really stick with a book, especially when not much is happening yet, but this one caught my eye. I think what would really decide for me would be how the author writes from different perspectives because I can easily find that very interesting but also very confusing.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued... This sounds like a twisted version of The Breakfast Club!! I love a good murder mystery, and this one has a teenage twist on it which is extra interesting since that makes it more relatable.
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